diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
index d732d6a4de..acf1465e1e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/play_context.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import re
 import string
 
 from six import iteritems, string_types
-from six.moves import range
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError